Father And Son Appear In Court After Both Charged In Georgia School Shooting

The teen accused of fatally shooting four people at his Georgia high school appeared in court Friday along with his father, and both were told that they face a lifetime behind bars if convicted on separate charges in Wednesday’s attack.

Colt Gray, who is charged as an adult at age 14, sat motionless while being informed by a Barrow County Superior Court judge that, if convicted, he faces life in prison with or without parole for each of the four counts of felony murder against him.

The teen was initially told that he could face the death penalty, but the judge later clarified that because he’s under 18 he would not face death.

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His father, Colin Gray, appeared minutes later in the same Winder courtroom, where he was told that he faces a maximum sentence of 180 years in prison if convicted on all counts against him. He